1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 4fbc40b13f19..e46048974f37 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ int ip6_output(struct sk_buff *skb)
 int ip6_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi *fl,
              struct ipv6_txoptions *opt, int ipfragok)
 {
-        struct ipv6_pinfo *np = sk ? inet6_sk(sk) : NULL;
+        struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
         struct in6_addr *first_hop = &fl->fl6_dst;
         struct dst_entry *dst = skb->dst;
         struct ipv6hdr *hdr;